1971 Australian Formula 2 Championship
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The 1971 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS
sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 2 racing cars. It was the fifth Australian Formula 2 Championship.
which was open to drivers of both Australian Formula 1
and Australian Formula 2 cars.
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Confederation of Australian Motor Sport
The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....
sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 2 racing cars. It was the fifth Australian Formula 2 Championship.
Calendar
The championship was contested over a six heat series with one race per heat. Heats were staged concurrently with those of the 1971 Australian Drivers' ChampionshipAustralian Drivers' Championship
The Australian Drivers' Championship is a motor racing championship which has been contested annually since 1957 by drivers of cars complying with Australia's premier open-wheeler racing category as determined by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. Since 2005 this category has been Formula...
which was open to drivers of both Australian Formula 1
Australian Formula 1
Australian Formula 1 was a motor sport category for open-wheeler racing cars which was current in Australia from 1970 to 1983.AF1 was introduced by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport in 1970, initially restricting cars to unsupercharged engines of no greater than 2.5-litre capacity,...
and Australian Formula 2 cars.
- Heat 1, Governor's Trophy, LakesideLakeside International RacewayLakeside Park, formerly known as Lakeside International Raceway is a motor racing circuit located at Pine Rivers north of Brisbane and lies adjacent to Lake Kurwongbah....
, QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, 6 June - Heat 2, Angus & Coote Diamond Trophy, Oran ParkOran Park RacewayOran Park Raceway was a motor racing circuit at Narellan in southwestern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia which was operational from 1962 to 2010....
, New South WalesNew South WalesNew South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, 27 June - Heat 3, Glynn Scott Memorial Trophy, Surfers ParadiseSurfers Paradise International RacewaySurfers Paradise International Raceway was a motor racing complex at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The circuit was designed and built by Keith Williams, a motor racing enthusiast. It was located opposite the Surfers Paradise Ski Gardens at Carrara...
, QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, 29 August - Heat 4, Victoria Trophy, Sandown ParkSandown RacewaySandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre. It is considered a power circuit with its front straight being 899m long and back straight 910m long.-History:...
, VictoriaVictoria (Australia)Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, 12 September - Heat 5, Symmons PlainsSymmons Plains RacewaySymmons Plains Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Australia, located about 30 kilometres south of Launceston, Tasmania. Since the closure of the Longford circuit in the 1960s it has been Tasmania's premier motor racing facility...
, TasmaniaTasmaniaTasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, 25 September - Heat 6, Rothmans Trophy, Mallala, South AustraliaSouth AustraliaSouth Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, 11 October
Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six placegetters in the Formula 2 class at each heat. Each driver could retain points only from his/her best five heat results.Results
| Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | H5 | H6 | Total |
| 1 | Henk Woelders | Elfin 600C Waggott Waggott Engineering Waggott Engineering was an Australian automotive engineering company which gained fame for the engines which it produced for motor sport applications from the 1950s through to the 1970s.... |
Bill Patterson Racing | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | - | 9 | 40 |
| 2 | Tony Stewart | Elfin 600B England Ford | Paul England Pty Ltd | 9 | 6 | 2 | - | 9 | 6 | 32 |
| 3 | Jack Bono | Elfin 600B Lotus Ford Lotus-Ford Twin Cam The Lotus-Ford Twin Cam is a 1558 cc engine developed for the 1962 Lotus Elan and also used in a variety of other vehicles up until mid 1970s.-Design:... |
Graham Collier | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | - | 20 |
| 4 | John Walker Johnnie Walker (racing driver) Johnnie Walker is a former Australian racing driver. Born in Adelaide, he first raced Holden FE's in the 1960s. After competing in the Australian Formula 2 Championship he graduated to Formula 5000 where he drove an Elfin and a Matich A50 before switching to the Lola marque in late 1973.Walker... |
Elfin 600B Lotus Ford Lotus-Ford Twin Cam The Lotus-Ford Twin Cam is a 1558 cc engine developed for the 1962 Lotus Elan and also used in a variety of other vehicles up until mid 1970s.-Design:... |
City State Racing Team | - | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | 9 |
| 5 | Ivan Tighe | Elfin 600B | Ivan Tighe | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Garrie Cooper Garrie Cooper Garrie Clifford Cooper was the founder of the highly successful Elfin Sports Cars and a competitive racing driver in his own right, winning the 1968 Australian 1½ Litre Championship and the 1975 Australian Sports Car Championship... |
Elfin 600B Lotus Ford Lotus-Ford Twin Cam The Lotus-Ford Twin Cam is a 1558 cc engine developed for the 1962 Lotus Elan and also used in a variety of other vehicles up until mid 1970s.-Design:... |
Elfin Sports Cars | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | |
| 7 | Vern Hamilton | Elfin 600B | Vern Hamilton | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| 8 | John Ampt | Elfin Mono 11B Ford | John Ampt | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| 9 | Ken Hastings | Elfin 600B | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
| Ross Ambrose | Elfin 600B Lotus Lotus-Ford Twin Cam The Lotus-Ford Twin Cam is a 1558 cc engine developed for the 1962 Lotus Elan and also used in a variety of other vehicles up until mid 1970s.-Design:... |
Ross Ambrose | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | |
| 11 | Clive Millis | Elfin 600B Ford | Clive Millis Pty Ltd | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Don Uegergang | Elfin 600B | Don Uegergang | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Bob Webb | Ausper Ausper The Ausper was an automobile made in Great Britain from 1960 to about 1962. It started life as a normal Formula Junior car, with a rear-mounted engine set in a tubular space frame. Originally, it was based on the Tomahawk, a design from Australian Tom Hawkes that was intended for export to his home... |
Bob Webb | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Note:
- Only four Formula 2 cars were classified as finishers at Heat 4
- Only three Formula 2 cars were classified as finishers at Heat 5
- Only two Formula 2 cars were classified as finishers at Heat 6